Yes, I know it says kids with autism and most autistic people prefer to say autistic kids, but it is a quote. I know it's wrong. This will be old news when this blog is published, one week old in fact. Last Wednesday, 13th October 2021, as reported in Stat, statnews.com. There are things in …
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I am married with one wife, three grown kids, one cat and no hair.
Spectrum 10K: Autism study ‘did not open’ at NHS hospital, despite researchers saying it did – Liam O’Dell
Medway Maritime Hospital was listed as one of 15 healthcare providers which will act as a “research site” for the controversial DNA project, but a Freedom of Information request submitt… Source: Spectrum 10K: Autism study ‘did not open’ at NHS hospital, despite researchers saying it did – Liam O'Dell
MP assassinated
Friday last week was a dark day for politics. Conservative MP Sir David Amess, Member of Parliament for Southend West was stabbed whilst holding a constituency surgery at Belfairs Methodist Church Leigh-on-Seaand later died at the scene. Police said there were possible links to Islamic extremism. Sir David AmessCopyright free image from Wikipedia Commons This …
You, O Lord, are good and forgiving — Psalm 86
Psalms of DavidPsalms of the Sons of Korah? There are a whole bunch of commentaries on Psalm 86 which look at the meaning of the psalms in isolation: This is not one of them, I am looking at how the psalms fit together, and also at the poetic structure and how that affects my understanding. …
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Where do I go from here?
I need to find some time to pause and reflect and prayerfully discern what and where my energies need to go. This blog has become something I never guessed it would be, and it is a little fractured. It is split between posts about autism and posts about Christianity. The image above shows something that …
The building dictates the music
A lot of music is dictated by the building it is played in, particularly church music. The resonance of the building creates a sound that is played there. You only have to hear the resonance of softly sung voices in a large cathedral, choral evensong in York Minster being a case in point, to realise …
Righteousness and peace kiss — Psalm 85
Psalms of the Sons of Korah Can righteousness and peace actually kiss? Yes, because Ancient Hebrew philosophy is not like modern Western philosophy. In the book of Proverbs Wisdom is a lady, philosophical ideas are personified, wisdom, righteousness and peace are treated as people in order to understand them rather than the idealistic abstract quality …
Keeping the streets safe for women
It has been a bad week for the British police, and the Metropolitan Police in particular. Serving Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens was given a full life sentence last Thursday, 30th September 2021, for charges including the false arrest, kidnapping, rape and murder of Sarah Everard. There are things about the case which give me …
Keeping the virtual congregation
How not to lose those who came to virtual services How do we hold on to those who came to our virtual services? The bad news is we can't do it. Some came because their church did not have any online services and when churches open again they will go back. Then there is another …
One of the most sweet of the Psalms of Peace — Psalm 84
Psalms of the Sons of Korah The previous psalms of the sons of Korah were in the second book of psalms, this is the first of four psalms in the third book, not because they were written later, but because the theme has moved on God being with us, around us. This is a love …
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Making an ass of myself 